women's role-ss

Rosie the Riveter

Women became involved in the war just as they had in World War I. Most of their jobs were in the field of administering things which men available to go into combat. The women started out by establishing the WAAC (Women's Army Auxilliary Corps) and they were happy but not yet satisfied. Over the course of a year or so, they replaced the Auxiliary Corps with the WAC (Women's Army Corps). Letters were written to Eleanor Roosevelt suggesting that women could really be an aid in the air force. Later on, letters came in to the army officials. Sure enough, the plan was at hand and women started training programs. The programs really accentuated how much women could really do, this led to the coast guard, the navy and the marines to also set up their own women units. But not only did women serve in combat, but over 68,000 women served as nurses for the army and the navy.